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Israel And Birth Certificates For The Children Of Foreigners

EDM number 799 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 26/11/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Middle East and Registration of births, deaths and marriages.

That this House condemns the plan by the Israeli government not to issue birth certificates for babies born to foreigners; points out that this breaches articles 7 and 8 of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child, relating to every child's rights to a registered name, nationality and the preservation of identity; notes that this is another flagrant and unpunished contravention of a UN convention by Israel; and urges the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to urge his opposite number to drop this proposal and preserve the enshrined rights of children, whomever they are born to, within Israel.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn23/10/2013Islington NorthLabourSeconded
George Galloway26/11/2013Bradford WestRespectProposed
Ronnie Campbell27/11/2013Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Alan Meale27/11/2013MansfieldLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan27/11/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Kelvin Hopkins28/11/2013Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock03/12/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell04/12/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Paul Flynn09/12/2013Newport WestLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff16/12/2013Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Katy Clark14/01/2014North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned

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